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. W. H. PENPIELD. OAR HEATING APPARATUS.

I Patented De0..13, 1887.

By his flttorneys N. PETERS. PhotvLilhugmphar. Wnhinglan, D. C.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,-

-WILLIAM H. PENFIELD, OF PELHAMVILLE, NEW YORK.

' C AR=H EAT| NG APPARATU S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,624, dated December 13, 1887.

Applicationfiled April 1, 1887. Serial No. 233,304. (No mod e1.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PENFIELD, of Pelhamville, in the county of WVestchester, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Heating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

The object of my invention is to improve that class of car-heating apparatus designed to extinguish fires in car-stoves when an accident happens, such as is liable to disturb the fire so much as to cause it to communicate to the car.

My improvements consist in the combinations of devices hereinafter described, and succinctly summed up in my appended claim.

The accompanying drawing is an elevation, partly in section, illustrating my invention.

A designates an ordinary car-stove, which may be of any desired pattern. I

B designates awater-reservoir located over the stove and filled with water.

O designates a pipe extending through the top of the stove and communicating with the reservoir, so that the water may be discharged from the reservoir into the fire in the stove.

D indicates stay-rods extending from the top to the bottom of the car to secure the reservoir and the stove firmly in place, and the stove and reservoir may, for greater safety, be inclosed within a small roomin a car lined with zinc, as-is usual in car-construction.

E indicates an ordinary ball-valve ground so as to fit its seat in the lower part of the water-reservoir. v This valve is provided with a valve-stem, F, which passes through a guide or brace, G, and through the top of the reservoir,where it is pivotally connected with a lever, H, fulcrumed at I and provided with a fixed weight, K. This lever is connected by a link, L, to another lever, M, pivoted at-N and provided with an adjustable pendent weight, 0. The arrangement of the levers and weights is such that ordinarily the weight 0 is sufficient to keep the valve down tight upon its seat and close the water-opening in the lower part of the reservoir; but should the carbe turned over or very seriously shaken or broken up, the weight 0 would be sure to be displaced, so as to permit the weight K to operate, and thus open the valve and let the water in the reservoir pass into the stove and extinguish the fire. v

In order to distribute the water thoroughly in its passage into the stove, I provide aseparator, P, within the pipe (J. This separator may be of any suitable form; but Iprefer one with a conical top, Q, and downwardly-projecting pieces or arms B, so as to break up and distribute the current onto a sieve, S, something like the nozzle of a watering-pot. lhis will more effectively extinguish the tire.

What I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination of the stove, the waterreservoir, the pipe 0, connecting the stove and reservoir and provided with suitable water-distributing devices, the valve E, the brace G, the valve-stem F, that extends through the brace and through the top of the reservoir, the lever H, hinged to the valvestem and provided with a fixed weight, K, and the lever M, connected to the lever H and provided with an adjustable weight, 0, substantially as set forth. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLIAM H. PENFIELD. Witnesses:

STEPHEN J. STILWELL, JARED SANDFORD. 

